History Main / GodOfLight

* ''VideoGame/GrimDawn'' has the god of light Empyrion [[HopeBringer who everyone pray for saving their world from monstrosities from beyond]]. [[spoiler:However, there are strong hints that he may be dead, some other god is impersonating him or never existed in the first place.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'': The protagonist of the game is Amaterasu, who much like her depiction in UsefulNotes/Shinto mythology is the goddess of the sun and referred to by all the other deities as the "origin of all that is good and mother to us all." One of your earliest abilities in the game is the ability to create sunlight by drawing a sun in the sky.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Siralim}}'' there is the goddess of light Surathli, a benign deity who is associated with the sun, sky, and just light in general. She rules over the dimension called the [[FluffyCloudHeaven Azure Dream]] which further cements her connection to light with various glowing monoliths, shining silver and gold orbs, and fallen stars stuck in the clouds.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' has Galeem, a Lord of Light-type villain who serves as the BigBad of the game's Adventure Mode [[spoiler:before turning out to actually be the DiscOneFinalBoss and afterwards being in a BigBadEnsemble with his Darkness counterpart Dharkon]], enslaving all the fighters except VideoGame/{{Kirby}} under his control and remaking the world into a light utopia in his image.

* ''VideoGame/Okami'': The protagonist of the game is Amaterasu, who much like her depiction in UsefulNotes/Shinto mythology is the goddess of the sun and referred to by all the other deities as the "origin of all that is good and mother to us all." One of your earliest abilities in the game is the ability to create sunlight by drawing a sun in the sky.

** Nefertem is god of the first sunlight.

** Amaterasu is the goddess of the sun and one of the highest UsefulNotes/{{Shinto}} gods; the only gods to approach her status are her siblings, the moon goddess Tsukuyomi, and the storm god Susanoo. She is usually depicted with a halo of sun rays streaming from behind her and is considered to be the ancestor of the emperors of Japan.

** Ame-no-Uzume, the goddess of dawn.

* Myth/IncaMythology: Inti is the god of the sun. Ch'aska is the god of the dawn and twilight.

* Myth/AfricanMythology: Mawu-Lisa is the androgynous spirit of the sun, sky, and heat in the cosmology of the Fon people.

* Myth/JapaneseMythology:

* [[Myth/IncaMythology Quechua Mythology]]: Inti is the god of the sun. Ch'aska is the god of the dawn and twilight.
* Myth/JapaneseMythology:

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': The setting's Creation Myth features a God of Light and a God of Darkness. The former is responsible for creating life (plants, water, animals) while the latter created the [[TheHeartless Grimm]]. When the two put aside their differences and formed a truce, they both created humanity.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' has Galeem, a Lord of Light-type villain who serves as the BigBad of the game's Adventure Mode [[spoiler:before turning out to actually be the DiscOneFinalBoss and afterwards being in a BigBadEnsemble with his Darkness counterpart Dharkon]], enslaving all the Super Smash Brothers except VideoGame/{{Kirby}} under his control and remaking the world into a light utopia in his image.

* ''Literature/AirAwakens": Mother Sun is one of the the most important gods of the Solaris Empire and is associated with the sun, daylight and fire -- as well as the royal family, who have sun as their symbol.

** Zigzagged with Pyrrhon. Palutena calls him the sun god, but Viridi establishes that Pyrrhon calls himself that (his idol also says the title is self-proclaimed) giving question of whether he actually is a god or [[AGodAmI just claiming to be one]]. Nevertheless, he has great solat power and provides aid against the Aurum [[spoiler:up until [[EvilAllAlong he takes control]] of them and proclaims himself more powerful than even the gods]].

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'': The FinalBoss of the game is Solaris, a sun deity that was worshipped Soleanna. [[spoiler:It is revealed that Solaris was split into two beings, Mephilles the Dark and Iblis, as a result of the Solaris Project, a secret research project whose purpose was to harness Solaris's [[TimeMaster powers of time]].]]

* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'': Zigzagged with Pyrrhon. Palutena calls him the sun god, but Viridi establishes that Pyrrhon calls himself that (his idol also says the title is self-proclaimed) giving question of whether he actually is a god or [[AGodAmI just claiming to be one]]. Nevertheless, he has great solat power and provides aid against the Aurum [[spoiler:up until [[EvilAllAlong he takes control]] of them and proclaims himself more powerful than even the gods]].

* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'': Zigzagged with Pyrrhon. Paletuna calls him the sun god, but Viridi establishes that Pyrrhon calls himself that (his idol also says the title is self-proclaimed) giving question of whether he actually is a god or [[AGodAmI just claiming to be one]]. Nevertheless, he has great solat power and provides aid against the Aurum [[spoiler:up until [[EvilAllAlong he takes control]] of them and proclaims himself more powerful than even the gods]].

** Citlalicue is goddess who created the stars.

** Citlalatonac is god of male stars
** Tianquiztli is a star goddess

* Dahomean Mythology: Lisa is the goddess of the sun, sky, and heat.

** Ra was the god of the sun, in addition to being the creator of the world, [[GodOfOrder the god of royalty and rulership]], and the king of the gods. He has three different forms, one for each time of day: Khepri (dawn), Ra-Horakhty (midday), and Atum (dusk). He was believed to directly carry the sun in its journey across the sky, ferrying it in his boat across the vault of the heavens. Dusk occurred when the sun-boat dipped below the horizon to refresh the sun in the fires of the underworld, after which it would return to the upper world at dawn. He was typically depicted as opposing Apep, the night serpent, who tried to destroy Ra and the sun each night as they passed beneath the world; should Apep ever succeed, the sun would never rise again and the world would end.
** Aten, often depicted as the solar disc with rays ending in hands, was a later solar deity derived, but in large part distinct, from the earlier cults of Ra. Aten was believed to be the creator of the world and the source of all life, and due to this daytime was seen as the best time to work and be active while the night was a time of fear. Aten rose to prominence during the reign of UsefulNotes/{{Akhenaten}}, but rapidly declined afterwards.

* Myth/IncaMythology: Inti is the Incan god of the sun. Ch'aska is the god of the dawn and twilight.

** Amaterasu is the goddess of the sun and one of the highest gods of Shintoism; the only gods to approach her status are her siblings, the moon goddess Tsukuyomi, and the storm god Susanoo. She is usually depicted with a halo of sun rays streaming from behind her and is considered to be the ancestor of the emperors of Japan.

** Girra (sometimes spelled Gerra) was originally the Sumerian god of fire and light but would be later worshipped by other Mesopotamian city-states.

** Tala is the Tagalog Goddess of the Morning and Evening Star. Her sisters include Hanan, the goddess of morning.

One of the most common gods in fiction is the God of Light. This comes in three categories:

* God of the Stars: A deity with StarPower. This the less common type of light deity. Their importance may vary among the pantheon. These gods are likely to be night deities due to stars being visible at night.

If a deity associated with darkness or the night also exists, these deities typically have one of two relationships with them. The first one is opposition; the God of Light will view the nocturnal deity as a bitter enemy, and in these cases the other deity is also associated with evil, destruction and malevolence -- LightIsGood, DarkIsEvil and NiceDayDeadlyNight are all usually at play in these cases, and if the light god is a GodOfGood then the dark one will be a GodOfEvil. The second type has the two deities exist in balance and harmony, peacefully overseeing different parts of the cycle of day and night, and will often have a close relationship as equals; this is especially common when the nocturnal deity is associated with the moon, giving the two deities a SolarAndLunar dynamic. GodOfFire can overlap.

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': Solar deities are strongly associated with White mana, the color of magic linked with light, daytime, law, order and civilization. Depending on the god in question, they range from patrons of civilization and morality to [[KnightTemplar Knights Templar]] and arrogant tyrants.

** [[https://scryfall.com/card/ths/17/heliod-god-of-the-sun Heliod]] is Theros' god of the sun, the chief of the gods, the lord of light and the king of creation. He is also an arrogant tyrant who sees all others as beneath him. He is bitter enemies with Erebos, the GodOfTheDead, who came into being from Heliod's shadow when he tore it from himself and cast it into the Underworld.
** The Threefold Sun is the primary deity of the humans of the Sun Empire of Ixalan. He makes no in-person appearances, but the Ixalani consider him the patron and protector of their civilization and worship him in three aspects -- the creative aspect of Kinjalli, the Wakening Sun, which baked the first humans from clay and is associated with order and structure; the sustaining aspect of Ixalli, the Verdant Sun, which fosters growth and is associated with fertility and growth; and the consuming aspect of Tilonalli, the Burning Sun, which is associated with ferocity, fire, passionate emotions and war. It is bitter foes with Aclazatoz, the bat-god of the night and creator of vampirism.

* ''The Princess who Cried to the Moon'': The story features a man named "Day", who is tasked with raising the sun and waking up the diurnal animals. When the diurnal animals hear that the Princess is blonde with blue eyes, they conclude that she's "one of them" (since the sky is blue and sunlight is golden) and rebel against Day, since he didn't let her have the moon she wanted. When it turns out that the Princess isn't blonde, they realize Day in the right.

* ''Literature/LoneWolf'': Both Kai and Ishir qualify. The former is a sun god while the latter is a goddess of moon and light. Both are are [[GodOfGood Gods of Good]].

* ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'': The eponymous main character is the demigod son of Frey, the Norse god of of peace, fertility, wealth, rain, summer, and sunshine. Magnus has inherited some of his father's abilities such as generating sunlight and [[WeatherManipulation transforming the area around him into summer]].

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': R'hllor is a god of fire, light and life. He is the antithesis to the Great Other, the god of ice, darkness and death.

* ''Series/UltramanNexus'': [[spoiler:Ultraman Noa]], the true form of [[spoiler:Nexus]] is considered this. Light is his main motif and he is a GuardianOfTheMultiverse that has incredible power and protected countless worlds for thousands of years. To add to the deity part, he also has multiple temples worshipping him through other instalments in the ''Franchise/UltraSeries''.

** Quetzalcoatl is one of the most important deities in the Nahuatl mythos. He is associated with wisdom, life, knowledge, mercy and of course, light.

** Tianquiztli is a star goddesses

** Apollo was the god of several things, including archery, poetry and prophecy, but was also a deity of the sun and largely absorbed and replaced Helios around the 5th century BC. He was also a patron of Greece as a whole, as the Greeks saw him as embodying the archetypal ideal of their civilization.

* Dahomean Mythology: Lisa is the goddess of the sun, sky and heat.

** Surya is the god of the sun, light and day in the Vedic mythos. His name means "sun" in Sanskrit and he is often depicted riding a chariot harnessed by seven horses, which represent the colors of visible light and days in a week.

** Amaterasu is the goddess of the sun and one of the highest gods of Shintoism; the only gods to approach her status are her siblings, the moon goddess Tsukuyomi and the storm god Susanoo. She is usually depicted with a halo of sunrays streaming from behind her, and is considered to be the ancestor of the emperors of Japan.
* Myth/MayanMythology: Tohil is the GodOfThunder, lightning and sunrise.

** Bugkalot mythology has Elag, god of the sun and Pandac, god of the stars. They are also known as "givers of light and growth".

** In the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' campaign setting, Lathander (Morninglord, Lord of Morning) is the god of the dawn and morning. His portfolio also includes spring, birth, renewal, vitality, youth and beginnings.

*** Pholtus of the Blinding Light is the deity of light, the sun and the moon. His Staff of the Silvery Sun can act as a Wand of Illumination, as well as sending out a Spectrum Beam of light that goes through the infrared, visible light and ultraviolet spectra.

** Sarenrae is the goddess of healing and the sun. She is one of the setting's main [[GodOfGood Gods of Good]], as she is strongly associated with protection, mercy and redemption, and is the primary deity and patron of the great empire of Kelesh. She is also associated with [[ThePhoenix phoenixes]], a species of noble and benevolent birds said to have been created when Sarenrae {{uplifted|Animal}} some {{roc|birds}}s and blessed them with her flames.
** Shizuru is the Tian goddess of the sun and honor, and the patron of righteous rulers and honorable warriors. She is the ruler of the Tian pantheon and married to Tsukiyo, the god of the moon. Their relationship is strained due to their separation, as they can only meet when the sun and moon join during an eclipse.

* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'': Zigzagged with Pyrrhon. Paletuna calls him the sun god, but Viridi establishes that Pyrrhon calls himself that (his idol also says the title is self-proclaimed) giving question of whether he actually is a god or [[AGodAmI just claiming to be one]]. Nevertheless he has great solat power and provides aid against the Aurum [[spoiler:up until [[EvilAllAlong he takes control]] of them and proclaims himself more powerful than even the gods]].

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'': Cetrion is the Elder Goddess of Life, Virtue and Light. [[spoiler:Despite that description, she still serves her mother who is the main villain of the story.]]

** As the Greek God of the Sun and Light, it was Apollo's duty each day to drive his chariot across the sky, from the east to west. With the chariot's descent, night was free to envelop the world.
** Helios is another god of the sun. His father Hyperion was a Titan and also a sun deity.
** Iris is the goddess of the rainbow.

** Eos is the Titaness of the Dawn.

** Ra is the god of the sun, [[GodOfOrder order]], kings and the sky. He has three different forms, one for each time of day: Khepri (dawn), Ra-Horakhty (midday), and Atum (dusk).
*** Another, more obscure form of Ra is Aten, often depicted as the solar disc, with rays ending in hands. This god rose to prominence during the reign of UsefulNotes/{{Akhenaten}}.

** Surya is a solar deity in the Saura tradition of Hinduism.

** Amaterasu, the goddess of the sun and one of the major deities in the Shinto religion.